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Chinese traditional	Mandarin pronunciation	Cantonese pronunciation	Japanese	Japanese pronunciation	Korean	Korean pronunciation	English
							dog's leg extension the form of the keima tsugi hanging connection; the sake bottle rotated 45%
死子	sĭ zĭ	sei2 ji2	上げ石	age ishi	사석		captured stones; see hama
			顎	ago			jaw
味道	weì dào	mei6 dou6	味	aji	맛		potential
?味	èr weì	? mei6	味が悪い	aji ga warui			bad aji
			味消	aji keshi			destroying aji
空角	kōng jiăo	hung1 gok3	空き三角	aki sankaku	빈삼각		empty triangle; compare guzumi
坏棋	huài qī		空き隅	aki sumi	빈귀		empty corner
			悪手	akushu	악수		bad move
			甘い	amai	무르다		slack [same character as sweet]
			余り形	amarigatachi			Attacking sequence that looks good but accomplishes little
			余し	amashi			Allowing the opponent to take good points, taking space in compensation
			煽る	aoru			pressure
			足が早い	ashi ga hayai	발빠른		fast development
打吃	dă chī	da1 hek3	当たり	atari	단수	tansu	atari-a stone or stones will be taken in the next move. Often used as a warning, like "check" in chess.
			当て	ate			same as atari
			当て込み	atekomi			wedging in
厚味	hòu wèi	hau5 mei6	厚い	atsui			thick
厚味	hòu wèi	hau5 mei6	厚み	atsumi	두터움		thickness
			番碁	bango			match with set number of moves
			盤面五目勝ち	banmen gomoku kachi	반면오목승		a win by 5 pts on the board i.e. without komi
			バタバタ	bata bata oiotoshi, ton-ton			capturing after a series of ataris
?	zhèng		帽子	boshi			hat, cap
			棒スギ	botsugi	일자이음		three-stone column or row
			ブツカリ	butsukari			same as tsukiatari
讀秒	dú miăo	duk6 miu5	秒読み	byō yomi	초임기		time where X no. of moves must be made in Y amount of time
接??	jiē bò guī	jip3 ?	チギリ	chigiri			capturing the tail of a group
			チキリトビ	chikiri tobi			same as hazama tobi
中国围棋协会			中国棋協会	chuugoku ki kyōkai
長生	cháng shēng	cheung4 saang1	長生	chōsei			eternal life i.e. super ko in Ing terms
			挑戦試合	chōsen shiai	도전시합		championship match
	tiăo zhàn zhĕ		挑戦者	chōsensha	도전자		challenger for a title
中盤	zhōng pán	jung1 pun4	中盤	chūban	중반	chung ban	the middle game
			中国流	chūgoku ryu	중국류		Chinese fuseki
中盤	zhōng pán	jung1 pun4	中押	chūoshi	분계승		winning by resignation
超大飛	chāo dà fēi	chiu1 daai6 fei1	大々桂馬	daidai geima	대대계마		a grand knight's move; four horiz and one vert or vice versa
騙?	piàn zhāo	pin3?	だまし手	damashite	속임수		trick move. compare hamete, gomakashite, and inchiki te
單官	dān guān	daan1 gun1	駄目	dame	공배	gongbe	an intersection owned by neither opponent; a liberty
			駄目ズマリ	damezumari	공배메꿈		liberty shortage
段	duàn	dyun6	段	dan	단		the ranking above kyu and below professional dan; generally 1 – 7 (or 9); 7 is high
團子	tuán zĭ	tyan4 ji2	団子	dango			dumpling
			出	de			pushing in
沖斷	chōng duán	chung1 dyun6	出切り	de giri	나기껀		pushing and cutting
			エグリ	eguri			gouging out ... robbing the opponent of a base/eye shape
			フクラミフクレ	fukurami, fukure			swelling
			振り替り	furikawari	바꿔치기
			封	fusa			blockade
布局	bù jú	bou3 guk6	布石	fuseki	포석	p’osŏk	the opening portion of a game
外勢	wài shì	ngoi6 sai3	外勢	gaisei	외세
眼形	yăn xíng	ngaan5 ying4	眼形	gankei	안형
			下駄	geta	장문
圍碁	wei qī	? kei4	碁	go	바둑		go
			碁石	go ishi			go stones
棋盤	qī pan		碁盤	goban	바둑판	badku p’an	a go board
			碁盤勝負	goban shōbu			a five-match series
			互角	gokaku	호각		well-matched
棋合	qí hé	kei4 hap6	碁笥	goke			go bowls
棋合	qí hé	kei4 hap6	碁器	goki			go bowls
			ゴマカシ手	gomakashite	속임수		trick move. compare hamete, gomakashite, and inchiki te
			五目中手	gomoku nakade			playing at the vital point of the bulky five shape
五子棋	wŭ zĭ qí	ng2 ji2 kei4	五目並べ	gomoku narabe	오목	omok	five-in-a-row; a game played on a go board, the first player to get five in a row wins.
			碁聖	gosei	기성		go saint (one of the newspaper tournaments)
後手	huo shuo		後手	gote	후수	husu	a passive move; a move which does not need to be answered
後中先	hoù zhōng xiān	hau6 jung1 sin1	後手の先手	gote no sente			a gote move preparing a sente followup
愚形	yú xíng	yu4 ying4	愚形	gukei	우형		bad shape
			グルグル回し	guru guru mawashi			a reverse ladder
			グズミ	guzumi	마늘모		a (good, honte) move that becomes the apex of an empty triangle
			逆込み	gyaku komi			points given to black
逆先手	nì xiān shŏu	ngaak6 sin1 sau2	逆先手	gyaku sente	역선수		same as gyaku yose
逆先手	nì xiān shŏu	ngaak6 sin1 sau2	逆ヨセ	gyaku yose	역끝내기		a gote move that deprives the opponent of a sente move
			幅	haba			width
			這い	hai			crawl on first or second line
			ハマ	hama			captured stones
			嵌まり	hamari			a move that falls for a trick move
			嵌め手	hamete			trick move. compare hamete, gomakashite, and inchiki te
			半劫	han kō			a ko which is worth half a point
			半目	han moku	반집		half a point
			半目勝負	han moku shōbu	반집승부		a game decided by half a point
			花六	hana roku	매하육공		flowery six the dead shape; a rabbity six
			鼻付け	hana zuke	코붙침		nose attachment
看花劫	kàn huā jié	hon1 fa1 gip3	花見劫	hanami kō	꽃놀이패		flowery ko; a one-sided ko
扳	bān	paan1	はね	hane	제침	chech’im	a play diagonally from one’s stone and orthagonally from the opponent’s
			はね殺し	hane goroshi			killing with a hane
			はね返し	hane kaeshi			counter hane (parallel, not the cross cut)
			はね込み	hanekomi			hane between two enemy stones
			はね継ぎ	hanetsugi			a tsugi after a hane
			半眼	hangan	반집		half an eye i.e. needing another move
			腹付け	hara zuke	배붐침		belly attachment
夾	jiā	gaap3	挟み	hasami			pincer
反夾	făn jiā	faan2 gaap3	挟み返し	hasami kaeshi			counter pincer
夾	jiā	gaap3	挟み付け	hasami tsuke			clamp
			走る	hashiru			run in on the 1^st or 2^nd line with a knight’s move; same as suberu
快棋	kuài qī	faai3 kei4	早碁	haya go	속기		fast/lightning go
			早生き	haya iki			living quickly
象眼	xiàng yăn	jeung6 ngaan5	狭間	hazama			playing to split at a diagonal one space jump
象飛	xiàng fēi	jeung6 fei1	狭間とび	hazama tobi			diagonal one space jump, same as zoi tobi [zoe tobi???] and chikiri tobi
弱	rùo	yeuk6	へぼ	hebo	약함		weak
			へぼ碁	hebo go			a game by weak players
下手	xià shŭo	ha6 sau2	下手	heta	하수		weak
退	tuì	teui3	引き	hiki			drawing back
			引っくり返し	hikkuri kaeshi			spinning
低	dī	dai1	低い	hikui	낮음		low
拆	chāi	chaak3	開き	hiraki			extension
寬	kuān	fun1	広い	hiroi	넓음		wide
緊氣劫	jĭn qì jiĕ	gan2 hei3 gip3	本劫	hon kō	본패		a real ko
本手	bĕn shŏu	bun2 sau2	本手	honte	본수
本因坊	bĕn yīn făng	bun2 yan1 fong1	本因坊	hon’inbō	본인방		holder of the Honinbo title; traditional Japanese go families
			掘り込み	horikomi			throw-in
星	xīng	sing1	星	hoshi	별		star point; handicap point
			細い碁	hosoi go			lots of intricate situations scattered throughout the board
			一合升	ichigō masu			carpenter's square
圍碁	wei qī		囲碁	igo	바둑	baduk	go
活棋	huó qī	wut6 kei4	生き	iki	삶		life
一間	yī jiān	yat gaan1	一間	ikken	한칸		one space i.e. jump
			一間挟み	ikken basami			one-space pincer
			一間開き	ikken biraki			one-space extension
			一間じまり	ikken jimari			one-space corner closure
			一間とび	ikken tobi			one-space jump
一盤棋	yī pán qí	yat pun4 kei4	一局	ikkyoku	한판	hanp’an	one game
			一級	ikkyu	일급		one kyu
			いんちき手	inchiki te	속임수		trick move. compare hamete, gomakashite, and inchiki te
			院生	insei	원생		apprentice go professional
			犬の顔	inu no kao			dog's face shape, also called the sake bottle; dog
			一方地	ippo ji	일방지		one and only one large territory
			一道	ippon michi	일방		one way street i.e. forced sequence
			石の下	ishi no shita	돌아래		under the stones
			いって	itte			make losing a semeai by one move
地	dì	dei6	地	ji			territory
實地	shí dì	sat6 dei6	地合い	jiai			the balance of territory
和棋	hé qí	wo4 kei4	持碁	jigo	화국	hwaguk	a tie
			陣笠	jingasa			the hat shape: 4 stones, 2 empty triangles
實利	shí lì	sat6 lei6	実利	jitsuri	실리		actual profit
			序盤	joban			opening game
			準名人	jun meijin	준명인		quasi Meijin
定石	dìng shí	ding6 sek6	定石	jōseki	정석	chŏng sŏk	a standardized set of plays resulting in both players having near equal positions; a set sequence.
			定先	jōsen	정선		playing with black in all games
上手	shàng shŏu	seung5 sau2	上手	jōzu	상수		skillful
十番棋	shí fān qī	sap6 faan1 kei4	１０盤碁	jūbango			a ten game match
			十段戦	jūdan sen			the Judan tournament in Japan
?	qiang		壁	kabe	벽		wall
蓋	gài	goi3	被せる	kabuseru			to cover. boshi
勝	shèng	sing1	勝ち	kachi	승		winning
勝負	shèng fù	sing1 fu6	勝ち負け	kachimake	승부		winning or losing
			角	kado			a diagonal move from an enemy stone
			角盤	kadoban			a game deciding a match or that may effect the handicap
			抱え	kakae			embracing ... ensuring the capture of a stone
			掛かり	kakari			attacking move on a lone corner stone
壓	yā	aat3	掛け	kake			pressing toward the edge
假眼	jiă yăn	ga2 ngaan5	欠け眼	kake me			false eye
			欠け継ぎ	kaketsugi			open or hanging connection
格言	gé yán	gaak3 yin4	格言	kakugen	격언		go proverb
烏﹖不﹖	wū gūi bù cū túo		鶴巣	kakusō			crane's nest
			構え	kamae			structure
			亀の甲	kame no kō	거북이등		tortoise shell
			韓国棋院	kankoku kiin	한국기원	hanguk giweon	The Korea Baduk Association
			観音開き	kannon biraki			double door, French door, butterfly [also dragonfly???] ogeima twice from hoshi
完敗	wán bài	yun4 baai6	完敗	kanpai	완패		complete defeat
			関西棋院	Kansai Kiin	관서기원		the Kansai Go Institution
復盤	fù pán	fuk6 pun4	感想	kansō			post game analysis
			辛い	karai			tight move; territory- or strategy-oriented move
			絡み	karami			splitting attack
輕棋	qīng qī	hing1 kei4	軽い	karui	가벼움		light
			滓石	kasu ishi			junk stones i.e. not worth defending
肩沖	jiān chōng	gin1 chung1	肩	kata	어깨		shoulder
單先手	dān xiān shŏu	daan1 sin1 sau2	片先手	kata sente			one sided sente
			堅継ぎ	kata tsugi			solid connection
			肩付き	kata tsuki	어깨짚음		shoulder hit
形	xīng	ying4	形	katachi	모양		(good) shape
			桂	katsura			Japanese Judas tree
??	dà jià		換わり	kawari			compensation
			カヤ	kaya			Torreya nucifera or Japanese nutmeg tree
小飛	xiăo fēi	siu2 fei1	桂馬	keima	계마	kyŏma	a knight's move; placing a stone two horizontal and one vertical (or one vert, two horiz) from another stone
			桂馬の褌	keima no fundoshi			keima making two tactical threats
			桂馬とび	keima tobi			a keima toward the center
			桂馬継ぎ	keima tsugi			a knight connection
			桂馬渡り	keima watari			a keima connecting two groups
形勢不明	xíng shì bù mīng	ying4 sai3 bat1 ming4	形勢不明	keisei fumei	형세불명		unclear position i.e. possibly even
形勢判斷	xìng shì pàn duàn	ying4 sai3 pun3 dyun6	形勢判断	keisei handan	형세판만		positional judgement
			見当	kentō	짐작		guess
淺消	qiăn xiāo	chin2	消し	keshi	삭감		reduction
			棋	ki			an old name for go
棋院	qī yuan	kei4	棋院	ki-in	기원	gi-wŏn	a go institution; a go club
氣合	qì hé		気合	kiai			fighting spirit
			厳しい	kibishii			severe
棋道	qī dào		棋道	kido	기도		way or spirit of go
棋譜	qī pŭ		棋譜	kifu	기보		diagram or record of a game
			利かし	kikashi			forcing move
			利く	kiku			to be sente
			決まり手	kimari te			the only move
勝?	shèng zhāo		決め手	kimete			game deciding move
			近所劫	kinjo kō			neighboring ko threats, soba ko
斷	duàn		切り	kiri	끊음		cut
扭十字	niŭ shī zì		切り違い	kiri chigai	맞끊음		crosscut
			切り返し	kiri kaeshi			crosscut
			キリンの首	kirin no kubi			head extension: one further than the horse's hed/neck, or in English, Nessie's neck
			棋聖	kisei	기성		go saint: Honinbos Dosaku, Jowa, or Shusaku; the holder of the top title in Japan
棋士	qī shì		棋士	kishi	기사		professional go or shogi player
			傷	kizu			wound, defect
小飛	xiăo fēi	siu2 fei1	小桂馬	ko-geima			a small knight's move (the same as a knight's move)
			小猿	ko-zaru			a small monkey jump; a knight's move at the edge of the board
貼目	tiē mù		込み	komi
小目	xiăo mù		小目	komoku			the 3-4 point
凝形	níng xíng		凝り形	korigatachi			overconcentrated or heavy
尖	jiān		尖	kosumi
黑	hēi	haak4	黒	kuro	흑	hŭk	black
黑子	hēi zĭ	haak1 ji2	黒石	kuro-ishi	검은돌	gŏm ŭn dol	black stones
			黒番	kuroban	학번		black to play
			櫛形	kushi gata			the comb formation
			九子局	kyushi kyoku			9-stone handicap game
			級	kyū	급		rankings below dan; 1 kyu is the highest kyu; in Korean, there is only gup
急所	jí suó		急場	kyūba	급소		urgent point
急所	jí suó		急所	kyūsho	급소		urgent point
劫	jié		劫	kō	패		[kou, variant of kyou]
			劫味	kō aji			a position that may turn into a ko
劫爭	jié zhēng		劫争い	kō arasoi	피싸음		ko fight
劫材	cái		劫立て	kō date	패쑴		ko threat
			劫材	kōzai kō			ko threat
曲	qŭ		曲がり	magari			bending
盤?曲四	pan ? qŭ s?		曲がり４目	magari shimoku	곡사공		bent four in the corner
			曲がり付け	magari zuke			a magari around some enemy stones
負	fù		負け	make			losing, loss
模? 棋	mó ? qī		真似碁	mane go			mirror go, mirroring play
			万年劫	mannen kō